FMEA | Conference

The Power in our Profession:

Music Education for Collective Impact

Collective Impact is a broad cross-sector coordination toward a mutual cause. It is a network of community members, organizations, and institutions who advance a cause by learning together, aligning, and integrating their actions to achieve systems-level change. Join us as we explore the collective impact of music education.

January 13-16, 2027, Tampa Convention Center

The FMEA Professional Learning Conference is one of the largest music education professional learning events in the United States. In addition to approximately 250 clinic sessions and concerts, it hosts 24 All-State Ensembles featuring Florida's top band, orchestra, chorus, guitar, orff, and popular music students, conducted by world-class conductors and teachers. It is attended by more than 10,000 people, including K-12 music teachers, school district music supervisors, college students, college music teachers & professors, school administrators, K-12 students performing in the All-State and Honors ensembles, professional musicians performing with invited performing ensembles, exhibitors, and parents and family members of performing students.

Call for Session Proposals and Performing Ensembles

All FMEA Members and NAfME members nationwide are invited to submit proposals for a one-hour clinic session and/or a 25-minute concert performance. Conference Exhibitors are invited to submit Industry Product Showcase sessions through July 15, 2025. For all others, the deadline is May 9. Please click here for more information, policies, and submission procedures.

Now Accepting Exhibitors for 2027

Reserve your booth by March 1 to maintain your same booth location or receive priority for moving to a different location. See our Exhibitor Information Page for more information and online ordering.

Important Dates

(Subject to Change)

February 25, 2026
We begin accepting Session Proposals and Performance Applications

May 8, 2026
Deadline for Session Proposals and Performance Applications

July 15, 2026
Deadline for Product Showcase Applications

September 11, 2026

Early Registration Opens
Nominations are open for Student Conference Experience and Tri-M Experience.

September 26, 2026
Hotels begin taking reservations at 9:00 a.m.

October 1, 2026
Presenters' deadline for editing session details and requesting A/V equipment

October 22, 2026
Popular Music Collective Submission Deadline

October 31, 2026
Student Conference Experience Nomination Deadline

November 6, 2026
Digital Music Showcase Submission Deadline

November 7, 2025
Hotel Room Cancellation Deadline 5:00 p.m.

November 10, 2026
Hotels will charge your credit card a non-refundable deposit for the first night of each room that was not canceled by the deadline.

December 11, 2026:

Early Registration closes at 11:59:59 pm Eastern Time (10:59:59 pm Central). Prices increased to the regular registration rates. You may continue to register and pay online until the conference.
Postmark deadline for checks mailed to pay for conference registration. After this date, all unpaid conference registrations must be paid by credit card online, or a check must be brought with you to the conference.

December 14, 2026

All school lodging checks are due to hotels, payable to the hotel where reservations were made for you and/or your students.
The final deadline for discounted hotel blocks. Unsold rooms in the FMEA blocks are released back to hotels.

Exhibitor Information Submit a Proposal

All-State Merchandise All-State Ticket Policy Tickets Archives Call for Research Posters College Night Exhibit Hall Exhibitor Information Food Hotels Maps Mobile App Parking & Downtown Tampa Info Performing Students Policies Presenter Information Proposals Session Attendance Report Session Coordinators Sponsorships Student Experience Student Leadership Workshop Tri-M Experience WiFi

Future Conference Dates:

January 13-16, 2027

January 12-15, 2028

January 10-13, 2029

January 9-12, 2030